My question involves real estate located in the State of: New York
In 2007, my husband signed on to the mortgage for his family's home in White Plains. His mother could not afford the house and needed someone with good credit to refinance with her. My husband signed the documents to help her out and was added to the deed. When I moved into the basement of that home with my husband ( before we got married) we paid a third of her mortgage to help. We have move out and want to buy our own home soon but he wants to get off this mortgage first. His mother has old us that she will get him off the mortgage for over 4 years now. At this point, because my husbands ( deceased ) grandparents names were also on the deed American Express has put a lien on the house. His mother attempt to refinance about a year ago and because of this lien she has not been able to proceed. The lien was supposed to be taken care of during the grandfathers bankruptcy two years ago but the lawyer is giving us a hard time with the paperwork.
Is there any way to force the sale of this property, especially since my husband wants nothing to do with it- only wants his name off of it?
It is such a mess that it is hard to accurately describe the situation!

